Simplenote Note Taking App | Top 5 Things You'll Want to Know

Simplenote is an incredible note taking app. Here are 5 essential tasks you'll want to know how to do.

Topics covered include:

How to Search for a Note 0:06
How to Sort Notes 0:58
How to Share Notes 1:43
How to Retrieve Deleted Notes 2:46
How to Find Backed Up Notes 3:24

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Transcript:


1. How to search for notes in Simplenote.

Searching in Simplenote is very easy.

For the Mac desktop version, simply type what you are looking for into the search bar on the bottom left hand corner of the app.
Search results will appear in the left hand-column.

To search for tags, click the arrow to the left of the search bar. Notice that all tags will appear on the left hand side of the app. Clicking on a tag will take you to the specific note it is attached to.

To search in the web version of Simplenote, type your search query into the search bar at the top left hand side of the app. Search results will appear below the search box.

To search tags, click the drop-down arrow beside tags to view all tags. Again, clicking on a tag will take you to the note it is attached to.

Number 2: How to Sort Notes

To sort notes using the Mac desktop version, follow these 2 simple steps.

Step 1: Click view, and hover over sort order.

Step 2: Select sort order type, either date-updated or alphabetical.

To sort notes using the web version, follow these 2 simple steps.

Step 1: Click the drop-down arrow to the right of your registered email address. Select “settings”

Step 2: Scroll down to display, sorting. Click edit. From here, you can select sort by, as well as order: descending or ascending.

Number 3: How to Share Notes

here are 2 ways to share a note in the Mac desktop version.

Number 1. To share and collaborate in real-time, click on the three dots to access the drop-down menu.

Then, click collaborate. You will be prompted to insert an email in the tag. box. Once you have done this, your teammate will receive an email inviting them to collaborate in realtime.

Number 2: To simply share the note (not in realtime) right-click anywhere on the note, and select share. You will then be provided with a number of sharing options, including email, messaging, Twitter, and more.

Now, to share and collaborate in realtime in the web version, click on the three-dots to access the drop-down menu. Then, select share.

And, just like on the Mac version, you will be prompted to insert an email in the tag. box. Once you have done this, your partner will receive an email inviting them to collaborate.

To share (but not in realtime), you can publish - which provides you with a link to share the document, as well as send by email.

Number 4: How to Retrieve Deleted Notes

Retrieving and restoring deleted notes in Simplenote is very straightforward.

For the Mac desktop version, click on the trash icon - make sure that the side-bar is visible by clicking on the bottom left hand arrow. This will load the trash can and all deleted notes. To restore a note, click on the left-hand arrow. Or, if you would like to permanently delete all notes, click on the arrow beside the trash and select empty trash.

For the web version, click on tags - trash. This will load the trash can and all deleted notes. To restore a note, click on the left-hand arrow. To permanently delete a note, click the tags icon, and then “empty trash”.

Number 5: How to Find Backed Up Notes

Simplenote for Mac and iOS provides the ability to search through the revision history of notes.

To do this on the Mac desktop version, follow these 2 simple steps.

Step 1: Click on the three-dots to access the drop-down menu. Select history.

Step 2: Drag the slider to see the various versions available. When you have found the version you would like to restore, click “restore”.

Your note has now been restored the to date and time of the revision history your selected.

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